Bumble Bee Watch

Birds in the Hand, LLC

About this app

Bumble Bee Watch is a citizen science project dedicated to tracking and conserving North America’s bumble bees. The Bumble Bee Watch app is the best way to learn and engage with bumble bees around you and to contribute sightings to this important citizen science project. It is a comprehensive and easy to use resource that is geared towards all levels of nature enthusiasts.

ENGAGE:
•Submit sightings and upload photos directly to Bumble Bee Watch and contribute to an important ongoing citizen science project

DISCOVER Species Around You:
•View species list of all of North America's bumble bee species and filter species list by selecting regions or viewing nearby species
•Use bar charts of seasonal abundance built from the Bumble Bee Watch database of sightings
•Explore maps of recent sightings from Bumble Bee Watch

LEARN:
•Use interactive Smart Search tool to quickly identify a bumble bee species by pattern
•Read species descriptions that include look-alike species and common floral hosts to help confirm identifications
•View and compare sightings with species photos and detailed illustrations

The Bumble Bee Watch mobile application is an important conservation tool. It was developed through a collaboration between BirdsEye and the folks at Bumble Bee Watch.

Ratings and reviews

Functional, but needs improvement. I am able to submit records because my home/back button tool bar on my android screen is able to minimize when not used. Swipe features on ones phone would also allow for easy navigation. Definitely not the most streamlined, but it gets the job done faster than sending it to my computer to do it from there, so, success!

I love my bee friends. Not only can I share my pictures, but I've learned a lot about the types of bumble bees and how to identify them. It does take a little bit of trial and error to make a post at first, especially if you take a picture and want to post and tag the location later, but it only takes about 5 minutes to figure it out.

Still getting used to it, but I'm having a similar problem to what I've read in the comments. The app covers up the buttons on the bottom of my Android that allows me to switch between apps (as well as the home button). This app would be way more intuitive if I could quickly flip from my gallery to where the photo of the bee is, to the list the app provides.

What's new

Updated list of species and region sightings October 2022
Updated build with latest android support
Direct submission feature with selection filters based on state
UI adjustment for virtual home key handling
Bug fixes
UX adjustments